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Samuel Jordan Cabell
Samuel Jordan Cabell
(
December 15
,
1756
–
August 4
,
1818
),
American
military officer:
born in
Albemarle County, Virginia
;
educated at
William and Mary College
;
left school to join the
Revolutionary Army
;
recruited a company of riflemen in
1775
;
appointed
Captain
in the
Amherst County
Volunteers
in
1776
;
assigned to the Sixth Virginia Regiment;
participated in the
Battle of Saratoga
in
1777
and promoted to the rank of
Major
;
served in Washington’s army in
1778
-
1779
and promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel
;
captured at the
Siege of Charleston
in
1780
and detained until the end of the war;
member of the
Virginia
House of Delegates
from
1785
to
1792
;
member of the
constitutional convention
in
1788
;
voted against the proposed
United States Constitution
;
Republican
United States Congressman
from
1795
to
1803
;
died on his estate
Soldiers' Joy,
near
New Market
in
Nelson County, Virginia
.
Last updated: 10-20-2005 22:15:27
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